Locomotive-tender gate.



` PATENTED 00T. 27,1903. H. o. MCGLAIN.

LOGOMOTIVE TENDER GATE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3, 19034 N0 MODEL.

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HARRY OWEN MCCLAIN, OF LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.

LOCOMOTIVE-TENDER GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part'of Letters Patent N o. 742,718, dated October 27, 1903.

Application filed June 3,1903. `Serial No. 159,876. (No model.)

To all w'oont it may concern;

Be it known thatI, HARRY OWEN MCOLAIN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Lincoln, in the county of Lancaster and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and Improved Locomotive-Tender Gate, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved locomotive-tender gate which is simple and durable in construction and arranged to hold the coalor other fuel in the pit in a proper position when the pit is filled, to allow the fireman to readily remove the coal from the pit, to permit of opening the gate and swinging it into a rearmost position at the time the coal gets low in the pit, and to permit the fireman to have access to the pit for the removal of the coal in the rear of the pit.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the clainis.

Apractical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding' parts in all the views.

Figure l is a side elevation of the improvement as applied and in an open position, part of the tender being shown in section; Fig. 2 is an enlrged front elevation of the same, showing the gate in a closed position. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same. Fig. e is a side elevation of the keeper for the free end of the gate, and Fig. 5 is a sectional plan view of the same.

The body of theloeomotive-tenderon which the gate is applied consists of the usual pit A, surrounded at its sides and rear by'a U- shaped water-tank B, and the front open end a gate to hold the coal or other fuel in position in the pit when the latter is filled and at the same time allow convenient removal of the coal from the pit and permit opening of the gate when the coal gets low for giving access tothe reman to enable the latter to reach the coal in the rear of the pit.

The gate, for the purpose described, is made D, of which the main secin sections O and tion O is provided at one side with apertured lugs O, engaging a pintle E, held on ears F, attached to one side of the tank B, and the bottom bar C2 of the said main section C is inclined upwardly from the hinged or pintle side to the free side of the gate-section, as plainly illustrated in the drawings. On this bottom bar C2 is hinged or pivoted by a hinge G the top bar D of the lower or bottom section D, the bottom bar D2 of which is at a distance above the floor of the pit at the entrance-opening, so as to allow the fireman to remove coal from the pit through the space between the bottom of the pit and the bottom bar D2.

In order to hold the gate-sections OandD in a closed position, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the said sections are provided at their free sides with projecting lugs C3 and D3, engag ing keepers H, riveted or otherwise secured to angle-irons I-I', attached to the corresponding side ofthe water-tank B, it being understood that in order to engage the lugs C3 D3 with the said keepers I-I it is necessary to lift the gate-section C, and with it the gate-section D, to move the said lugs C3 and D3 over the top of the keepers Il to engage the same on a subsequent return of the gate-sections into a lowermost normal position. In a like manner it is necessary to raise the gate when it is desired to swing the same into an open position, of the gate-section C permit such movement on the pintle E, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 2.

When the gate-sections are disengaged from the keepers and it is desired to swing the same rearwardly into an open position with the coal or other fuel slanting from the front bottom end of the pit rearwardly and upwardly, then the section D is swung upward onto the inside of the section O, and then the sections thus folded one on the other are swung rearwardly to clear the fuel contained in the pit. The folded-up sections swing against the side of the water-tank B, and then the bottom bar D2 of the section D is connected with a hook I, secured to the tank,at the inside thereof, so as to hold the folded sections in an open position.

The gate-sections are preferably made of open skeleton form, as indicated in the drawit being understood that the lugs C' IOO ings, but the gate-sections may be covered with sheet metal in case screened coal or like fine fuel is used.

It is understood that I do not limit myself to the application of the gate on the particular tender shown in the drawings and above described, as the gate may be applied on tenders of different constructions-for instance, on tenders having a cylindrical tank at the rear and the coal-bin in front.

The gate'is very simple and durable in construction, is not liable to easily get out of order, and can be readily applied to tenders as now constructed. y

Having thus described. my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent` l. A gate comprisin ga main section mounted to swing and having an inclined bottom, a bottom section having an inclined top pivotally connected with the bottom of the said main section, and fastening means for holding the gate in a closed position, the said gate having vertical movement on its pivot to engage and disengage the fastening means, as set forth.

2. A locomotive-tender gate, comprising a main section, and a bottom section, the main section being mounted to swing at one side on a support carried at the open end of the tender-pit, the bottom section being hinged diagonally on the main section, the said bottom section being spaced from Jthe floor of the pit, for the purpose set forth.

. A gate comprising a main section,mount ed at one side to swing and having an inclined bottom, a bottom section having an inclined top, pivotally connected with the bottom 0f the said mainsection, the said gate-sections being provided at theirfree sides with keeperlugs, and fixed keepers, adapted to be engaged by the said lugs, the said gate being adapted to be moved vertically on its pivot to engage ordisengage the said lu gs and keepers, as set forth.

4. A locomotive-tender gate, comprising a main section and a bottom section, the main section being 'mounted to swing on a support located at the open end of the tender-pit at one side thereof, the bottom section of the gate being hinged diagonally on the main section, and a locking device on the inner side of the tender-pit for engaging the foldedup sections when the gate is swung inward, to hold the gate in an open position, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARRY OWEN MCCLAIN.

Vitnesses:

ED. CERF, En. GUGENHEIM. 

